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PW018: Sengas, [and] salmorettas [fish]
Sengas, 2: salmorettas (mullet)
- 1. From the image perhaps Dentex Angolensis.
- 2. Salmonetes or mullet [Mullus surmuletus] or other fish from the Mullus family mentioned by the Jesuits in Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu, Las., 106: "História da Residência dos Padres da Companhia de Jesus em Angola, e cousas tocantes ao Reino, e Conquista, 1 de Maio de 1594," in Antonio Brásio, Monumenta, 4:548.
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